General

A courtroom in Quincy, Mass., will become a test kitchen for using new media to cover legal proceedings, thanks to a $250,000 Knight News Challenge grant announced today. The grant will go to Order in the Court 2.0, a project spearheaded by John Davidow, executive editor of new media at WBUR in Boston.…

The Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization has launched a website designed to provide quick and easy access to international IP resources. Called WIPO Gold, the free resource provides a gateway to WIPO’s broad collection of searchable IP data and tools. Topics covered here include technology, brands, designs, statistics, WIPO standards, IP classification systems and…

If you’re married to your iPhone but not so sure about your spouse, then DivorceApps.com may have just what you need. It is developing a series of iPhone apps designed for people who are considering or in the process of divorce.

Two apps have been released so far. The first, Cost & Prep,…

Over the past six months, a series of workshops and symposia have explored the so-called Law.gov campaign, an effort to put all U.S. primary legal materials in the public domain. Next week, the series wraps up with a June 15 workshop sponsored by the Center for American Progress (which will be streamed live…

Many, many moons ago, from 1995 to 1999, I published the first-ever newsletter to cover the Internet for lawyers, legal.online. Every year, we doled out awards we called “Best of the Web for Lawyers.” The recipients of these awards were selected by panels of judges that included trailblazers in leading the legal profession online,…

Scott Greenfield has deservedly earned a reputation as a straight-shooter. He calls ’em as he sees ’em and is never compelled to add varnish. When he sees lies or exaggerations by other bloggers, he is quick to call them on the carpet.

But even Greenfield challenged credulity when he wrote in a recent post…

Scott Greenfield’s recent post about blogging,in which he notes that he had reached 4th on Avvo’s list of top legal blogs, got me wondering where I stood. It’s been over a year since I last checked, at which time this blog ranked #30. When I checked today, my ranking had dropped to…

It may be the worst environmental disaster ever. As oil continues to flow into the Gulf, we consider the legal implications on this week’s episode of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer. Joining me to discuss this issue are Rhon E. Jones, manager of the toxic torts practice at the law…

You might say that Judgepedia is the Wikipedia of the judiciary. It strives to be a comprehensive encyclopedic reference about America’s courts and judges. Like Wikipedia, its users are also its editors — anyone can register and then edit any article. “By helping to edit, add information, any fix any mistakes you see,…

When his lawyer could not readily provide an update on the status of service of a lawsuit, software entrepreneur Robert J. Daino decided to do something about it. In March, after two years of development, Daino launched ServeCentral, a Web-based tool designed to help legal professionals manage the process of…

In January, I wrote a post about BarMax CA, a full-fledged preparation course for the California bar exam, delivered entirely on the iPhone. Today, an Ohio company, Supreme Bar Review, announced a series of iPhone apps designed to help law school graduates prepare for the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE).

The…

This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we discuss the Supreme Court’s May 24 opinion in American Needle v. NFL, which some are calling the most important legal ruling in sports. Joining us to flesh out the significance of this unanimous ruling are Marc Edelman, a sports lawyer and professor of sports…